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ArticleBMC public health2025

MELI-POP Study: MEditerranean LIfestyle in Pediatric Obesity Prevention. Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Pilar De Miguel-Etayo, Katherine Flores-Rojas, Rocío Vázquez-Cobela, Jose Manuel Jurado-Castro, Alicia Larruy-García, Rosaura Picans-Leis, Cristina Castro-Collado, Belén Pastor-Villaescusa, Francisco Jesus Llorente-Cantarero, Concepción M Aguilera and 4 more

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Article in BMC public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04597281 (MEditerranean LIfestyle in Pediatric Obesity Prevention), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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MEditerranean LIfestyle in Pediatric Obesity Prevention

TypeinterventionalSponsorLuis A. Moreno AznarRan2018 to 2032Enrolled738ConditionsObesity, ChildhoodArmsLifestyle intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Pilar De Miguel-Etayo *Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain.
Katherine Flores-Rojas *University of Cordoba, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, Av. Menéndez Pidal sn, Córdoba, 14004, Spain.
Rocío Vázquez-CobelaCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain.
Jose Manuel Jurado-CastroCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain. juradox@gmail.com.
Alicia Larruy-GarcíaCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain.
Rosaura Picans-LeisNeonatology Service, RICORS-SAMID-CIBERER, University Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Cristina Castro-ColladoUniversity of Cordoba, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, Av. Menéndez Pidal sn, Córdoba, 14004, Spain.
Belén Pastor-VillaescusaUniversity of Cordoba, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, Av. Menéndez Pidal sn, Córdoba, 14004, Spain.
Francisco Jesus Llorente-CantareroCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain.
Concepción M AguileraCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain.
Mercedes Gil-Campos *Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain.
Rosaura Leis *Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain.
Luis A Moreno *Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, 28029, Spain.
MELI-POP Study group

Funding

Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) PI18/00666Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) PI18/00930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildhood obesity is a significant public health challenge, with Mediterranean countries showing high prevalence rates. While genetic factors play a role, diet and physical activity (PA) are critical modifiable influences. Emphasizing healthy dietary patterns, like the Mediterranean diet, and promoting regular PA can help mitigate obesity risk.

methodsMELI-POP is a randomized controlled multi-center clinical trial in a cohort of children aged 3 to 6 years at baseline and being at obesity risk. The main objective consists on assessing the efficacy of an intervention during early childhood, considering a healthy lifestyle based on the promotion of a Mediterranean dietary pattern and regular PA, compared with a control group, on decreasing obesity incidence 5 and 10 years after the beginning of the intervention. It is expected to include 310 children, aged 3 to 6 years, having at baseline a normal weight or overweight according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria, and at least one parent having a body mass index > 25 kg/m DISCUSSION: Beneficial results are expected by preventing obesity during childhood, and associated comorbidities.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT04597281.

Indexed as

Diet, MediterraneanExercisePediatric ObesityChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSpainMediterranean DietObesity preventionPediatric ObesityPhysical Activity

Identifiers

PMID41194137
PMCPMC12590598

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